It's amazing the difference that a quality mouse and keyboard can make. I love mechanical keyboards, but they are often $129 to $199....and many don't like to pay that much...but with all of the type that I type at my keyboard, it makes it worth it to me.

I use the Touchpad T650 also. Haven't used a click mouse in a month now (November 2012). Needed to combine it with the Logitech K400 (keyboard) because it has a drag switch to highlight and scroll (with the scroll bar). I am sure gesturing touch mice are great also.... I wanted to eliminate clicking. It's nice to be able to pull screens from the edges. Two finger scrolling of web pages and Three finger backward and forward gestures are very cool. Silence is golden. No dirty mouse bottoms.

The more positive reviews I hear on that the closer and closer I get to wanting one. I've got some other stuff I need more at the moment but one of those is definitely on my want list. I have an M570 wireless trackball I'll still use for gaming but that touchpad should be great for everything else.

I use the Touchpad T650 also. Haven't used a click mouse in a month now (November 2012). Needed to combine it with the Logitech K400 (keyboard) because it has a drag switch to highlight and scroll (with the scroll bar). I am sure gesturing touch mice are great also.... I wanted to eliminate clicking. It's nice to be able to pull screens from the edges. Two finger scrolling of web pages and Three finger backward and forward gestures are very cool. Silence is golden. No dirty mouse bottoms.

You can double tap and drag with the latest T650 drivers. This works for drag and drop as well as highlighting. No need to using anything but the touchpad.

I've been using the Microsoft Touch Mouse for almost a year now with Windows 7 and 8, which has been recently updated to take advantage of the touch gestures of 8. I will say, it definitely seals the deal!

I'm curious how it works. I can see using a touch screen because you can see what you are point to with your finger/fingers.
How does this work with the touch pad? How do yo know where you finger is on the screen?

I'm curious how it works. I can see using a touch screen because you can see what you are point to with your finger/fingers.
How does this work with the touch pad? How do yo know where you finger is on the screen?

You generally just use the edges of said touchpad, like to bring up the Charms on a touch screen it would a swipe of the right hand side of the screen. The same with a touchpad, swipe from the right edge of it inward, Charms!

I can log in, which takes much longer than ususal, to be taken to the desktop screen. everything is black except for the cursor and the windows icon in the bottom left. Ctrl+Alt+Del gets me to that normal menu and I can open task manager and from there open windows explorer and from there open most...

Most of the confusion and struggle with Windows 8 relates to navigating the new UI with a mouse and keyboard. There are also issues with reaching to a touch screen for UI manipulation.
I just bought a Logitech Touchpad to replace my desktop mouse. I am now finding Windows 8 a joy to work with....